I didn’t really expect to travel to Austria, but I’m thankful I did. I got off the train and my hostel was about thirty steps away. I stayed at the wombat hostel and it was great. This hostel was really big, but not too big that it became hard to socialize. There was places to just relax and go on the internet, make some food and find a nice spot to eat or even have a few drinks at the underground bar! Although this was a nice feature, I remember the bar having zero air conditioning which made it a bit uncomfortable to be in for a long period of time. The first few days I did a bit of skating, kind of exploring the city and seeing what interesting things it had to offer. I remember skating around for many hours and getting lost. At some point I actually really just wanted to get back to the hostel, and was a little worried at where I was. I finally made it back and was surprised that someone had checked into my room. A bag was near the bottom bunk, with a Mexican flag badge sewed onto the front. This traveler later became a good friend of mine within a day, along with another dutch traveler who checked in soon after.
Vienna is a beautiful city, and the three of us made sure to do it justice and walked more than ten kilometers just exploring. We considered renting bikes at one point but my credit card was the only one that worked at the time. We ate gelato ice cream, had a picnic, and even went for a nice dinner at a place called Vipiano. This place was right outside of the train station and served gourmet, delicious pasta right in front of you. After exploring the city on foot nearly the entire day, we decided to take a train and check out an amusement park Wiener Prater. It was a simple amusement park with a handful of coasters and standard rides. the three of us went on the Valore, an inverted roller coaster where your feet dangle. After that we went on the super eight, which was a basic roller coaster which gave a sweet view of the park and some of the city. After that, I went on the boomerang which was my favourite. All in all it was a great productive day and we all agreed we were exhausted.
Sadly but inevitably, my new friends had to leave before me and the next day they left the hostel. I have to admit, they really did make the trip to Vienna for me, and I’ll miss my time with them forever. I was just about to pack up my stuff and get ready to move on when another traveler soon after mentioned that David Guetta was coming to Vienna along with a few other Djs. My plans had changed once again in an instant and I was staying another day to see the concert with him. The event was called Open air and had Afrojack, Apple, a few other Djs and David Guetta headlining. Unfortunately during the concert there was plenty of a rain, but it was still a pretty electric concert regardless.
I should mention, during the end of my trip here I decided to do laundry. I never had problems washing my clothes until this moment. I had purchased some bright red shorts in Budapest earlier in my travels. I threw these fresh shorts in with the rest of my clothes. To add insult to injury, I had accidentally turned the temperature on the machine to super hot. This took a huge portion of the red dye from the shorts and inked the rest of my clothes. They were completely ruined, my singlettes, my sweater, a few of my shirts and the majority of my boxers. I was so angry about this that I just decided to throw away the clothes, they were all stained pink. Some expensive green jeans I had bought in Berlin were ruined too, as they now had an ugly red hue to them. Lesson learned, the hard way.
To conclude, Vienna was a great time. Not sure I would return there but I definitely enjoyed my stay.
- Visit Wiener Plater
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